Assessment Links

Please find 3 links for websites that talk about how to assess learning. Post these in your Learning Journal under the title Assessment Links. Provide two sentences explaining why you chose these links and what value the information within the link provides.

http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/10-ways-to-assess-learning-without-tests/

This website is helpful when considering the type of assessment to employ in the classroom. It offers several different ideas for evaluating learning creatively rather than in the typical exam format; however, it doesn't go into much detail and does not provide information on the negatives and positives of each format.

http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/01/index.html

Testing information in a variety of ways is important, but one also needs to be aware of issues surrounding assessment so as to try and overcome some of these problems. This Website focuses on important issues that students and teachers must detail with, it also takes an international standpoint, which is helpful in getting one to look outside of personal culture.

http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/assess.htm

This website offers a lot of good, quick, and simple ways to test student knowledge without neccessarily having a full blown high-stake examination. It also highlights the importance of having objectives for learning and for assessment.